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Prosecutors said Frey took more than $750,000. The U.S. attorney described Frey as being drunk with power.

The former union chief apologized during the hearing to the city, her family and union members.

Frey had faced a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $1.5 million fine.

"We are still investigating some assets that she has and that her family has," said John Saxon, an attorney from the union. "The government has been pursuing her, as well, and the judge has ordered that she repay all of it."

She will be allowed to surrender Aug. 7 after recovering from knee surgery to begin serving her sentence in a federal prison in Alderson, W. Va.